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This week, Zachariah and his four faces (one of which is a lion) returns to rep the woes of all middle managers, the show remembers the third Winchester brother and absolutely nobody has a good time. (Also, Waldorph is the crazy one.) Recs: Pru - Jojo Camping Waldorph - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Waldorph and Pru break out their psychic powers this week as we talk how annoyed we are when the show is good, how annoyed we are we have to keep watching it, and how annoyed we are that incest is always the Supernatural Bingo free square. This week, on Ride or Die - S4 - Psychic!
This week, the role of Kate Winslet will be played by Dean Winchester, we discuss the Extremely Regular childhood of Waldorph and we're forced to reckon with why the show made any of the choices that it did on Ride or DIe - S4E10 - Heaven and Hell. Recs: Pru - Imamu Room (YouTube) Waldorph - It's Been A Minute, With Sam Sanders (NPR Podcast)
Hey Fangirls! M and Bea talk about a strangely ubiquitous trope this week: Red/Blue ships. They get into other trope-y duos, a definition for Red/Blue ships, and ship examples of this colorful trope. Rec Corner! M's Rec: “Garden or Graveyard” by ShanaStoryteller https://archiveofourown.org/works/21847510 Bea's Rec: “Bluebird” by Waldorph https://archiveofourown.org/works/7578727 Research https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOniBlueOni https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FireWaterJuxtaposition https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foil Find the website at fangirlsanonymous.com Have Questions? Comments? Jokes? Email us at mandbpresents@gmail.com. Hosted by M and Bea Edited by Quinn McCoy Music by Gabe Jensen Produced by Miranda Sherrell FAIR USE: Copyright Disclaimer: under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Waldorph won't let us use "INCEST INCEST INCEST" as our summary for this episode, which is ridiculous since there is no better distillation of Ride or Die - S4E03 - In the Beginning Weekly Recs: Waldorph: Janet Stephens' Youtube Channel Pru: Sword and Brocade (Viki)
This week had Pru demanding to know if this was all one episode, finally finding out what a Grigori is, and Waldorph crying at the end because she's a goddamn sucker. Recs: Pru - Ghost Town Living (youtube channel) Waldorph - A Business Proposal (webtoon, Tapas App)
This week, Pru thinks the Lance of Longinus shows up (it doesn't), Waldorph shares more horrifying stories from her farming childhood, we reluctantly talk about Supernatural, and everybody can have a little ghoulishness--as a treat--on S15 Shenanigans – Ep 12: Galaxy Brain Recs: Pru - Yashahime; Jujutsu Kaisen (Crunchyroll) Waldorph - Enola Holmes (Netflix)
This week, Pru is joined in her sustained confusion by old friends as Waldorph screams not once, but twice, and Dean gets down on his knees and cries for it on S15 Shenanigans - Ep 9: The Trap! Recs: Waldorph - go to the beach or failing that eat ice cream Pru - Mission Impossible: Fallout
This week, Supernatural bakes a piping hot pie stuffed chock full of crows for Pru and Waldorph, imply Sam might fuck an old lady a LITTLE, and teaches bad table manners on Ride or Die - S3E06 - Red Sky at Morning Recs: Pru - Girlfriend Reviews Youtube Channel Waldorph - The Memory Trees, by Kali Wallace
Get ready to catch up with some old friends as Sam takes an unexpected vacation, Dean fields an extremely expensive collect call and Waldorph cries off her tubing mascara (again) on Ride or Die - SPN 2E21 - All Hell Breaks Loose Pt 1! Recs: Pru - Free Solo (documentary) Waldorph - Wooden Overcoats (podcast)
There's a bad moon on the rise, which means we're at the Season 1 finale! Like a couple of idjits, we're diving straight into Ride or Die - S2E22 - Devil's Trap, sponsored by Moon Travel Guides (moon.com)! Episode Ratings: Pru: 5/5 Waldorph: 5/5 Instead of Watching SPN: Waldorph: Purge your life Pru: Vacation alone Music: "Fearless First" & "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sharpen your black eyeliner pencils because we're entering the fresh of hell of mid-2000s roadhouse vampire stories with the added seasoning of parenting tips from John Winchester on this week's Ride or Die - S1E20 - Dead Man's Blood! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 4/5 Pru: 3/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: The Lizzie Borden Movie Pru: Angel, the television series
Bust out your gesso and Photoshop craqueler filter because this week, Supernatural is challenging us to examine the different interrogations of the American experience and Dean's unwavering focus on trying to get Sam laid via the medium of Ride or Die - S1E19 - Provenance! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 5/5 Pru: 5/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Elizabeth (1998) Pru: Loot by Sharon Waxman
Get ready to for your hosts to be uncomfortably seen, because if this episode happened in 2018, Ed and Harry would have a fucking podcast just like we do, on Ride or Die - S1E17 - Hell House! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 5/5 Pru: 5/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Ocean's 8 Pru: Mystery Queen
Get ready to be afraid of banjos in the woods, because this week all of you nerds are coming with us on a journey into the backwater hells of Minnesota to explore how humans are the most dangerous monsters of all on Ride or Die - S1E15 - The Benders! pisode Ratings: Waldorph: 4/5 Pru: 4/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Researching the American Eugenics movement Pru: How to Steal a Million
This week, Supernatural leaves us all feeling extremely hashtag blessed by the arrival of our daddy who art in a fake Halloween collar, PRIEST DEAN, and oh yeah an utterly crushing episode about abuse, and what that nursery fire really might have meant -- all coming up on Ride or Die - S1E14 - Nightmare! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 3/5 Pru: 4/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: The Good Place (Hulu, Netflix) Pru: American Vandal (Netflix)
This week we're sweatin' like a couple of whores in church because we're following Supernatural into a shady evangelical revival tent and triggering Pru's first ugly cry of the season in Ride or Die - S1E12 - Faith! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 4/5 Pru: 5/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Coco Pru: The Buband & Two Weeks Notice
This week we explore whether anybody on the show had ever seen an apple tree before, the fact that one of your hosts finds small towns scarier than monsters, and the Aggressive hair decisions of the early 2000s on Ride or Die - S1E11 - Scarecrow! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 5/5 Pru: 4/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Watch Love & Friendship (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3068194/) Pru: Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas)
Break out your aloe vera infused tissues and fire suppressants, folks, because this week, we're headed back to Lawrence, Kansas to experience new and different versions of our childhood trauma with Ride or Die - S1E09 - Home! Sidebar: Also, Pru at one point refers to the Kentucky basketball team, when she means Kansas and obviously the Jayhawks. It is a sin of tomfoolery from which she will never recover, and begs you, and Roy Williams' forgiveness. Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 5/5 Pru: 5/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Guy Ritchie's King Arthur Pru: Golden State Killer is caught!
Education, Privatise, Standadize, Subsidise, and Specialised Having an overly scripted and prescriptive syllabus on any course means that there is less room for teachers to adapt to the students, to add their own personal style to classes Examples of teachers who have left the profession due to over-standardisation) Can force a “one size fits all” approach, which limits opportunities The danger is falling into “transfer-content pedagogy” which emphasises one correct way. Enabling intrinsic need for self-development, is fairly Idealised, is it a bit wishy-washy? You want a standardised doctor for pure truths, but that’s false. I don’t see an objective truth, doctors don’t know everything, they make mediocre decisions? And a cure for cancer, might come from a more Asian thinking? Perhaps the next Nobel prize comes from the Swedish system? Or you might get a really good American student that is really good, despite their ridiculous system of over testing. The Waldorf style school of education doesn’t prevent people from becoming doctors. I think the key is the public school system because at the end of the day, our taxes are paying for it. What are the pros of standardised assessment? Ensures a consistent approach and measurement of students across a target group (class/school/district/nation/globally) - especially important for any global qualifications such as universally recognised language certificates Way of getting feedback on how a syllabus and curriculum can be adjusted/improved Can be used to address issues of inequality (geographical/socio-economic/ethnic/etc) where any systematic disparities exist Cons of standardisation of assessment are: It can overemphasise the importance of test results over authentic learning (short vs long-term) Can lead politicians believing that analysing test results are the main way of improving education High-quality assessment is expensive and time-consuming, so cheaper and easier methods may be applied (e.g. multiple choice) that aren’t as accurate It’s interesting, with technology, you can now have the best lecture, on any subject, beamed into the classroom, but that’s just wheeling the tv in, and it's a poor substitute for someone that’s in the room, interacting with the kids, seeing their reaction, understanding their needs, and know what they’ve understood, and adjusting accordingly. The Khan Academy is a good example of a flipped classroom. An individualised and contextualised approach is required, because there’s no such thing as one standardised humanoid, each with different ways of processing information. I’ve learned a bit from watching YouTube videos, with concise 5 minute videos. Parents get oversight, and managers can see how teachers are doing, but it could be used globally to compare. I think technology is extraordinary, and I think it’ll change things in more than just that way. As remote working is getting more possible parents have more time with their kids, and can impart more knowledge. So kids won’t have to bounce off of corporate offices to see how work happens and gain a better understanding. and Parents being at home is a very important part of the equation, if you look at NGOs and the UN now focusing on educating mothers, and they reason they do that is because mothers are more likely to be at home, so that investment is multiplied compared to a father that’s rarely home.Things like flipping the classroom, teaching social skills, discussing entrepreneurial possibilities, thinking holistically, and even the traditional family business, will all be much more common and doable once the family united is reunited. Computerized, centralised systems, makes for a freer system, but there will be checks and balances. Homeschooling is a really interesting alternative if the public school doesn’t meet your requirements. How businesses view learning compared to governments. Teaching has become increasingly more difficulty (parents/taxpayers/content) State/Local school board voted in by taxpayers (inc. those without kids) Disadvantage of system is religious/political intervention and dictation of syllabus/marking rather than professional educators/best practice “helicopter” vs “snowplough” vs “homeschool” parents (who communicate vs removing all obstacles vs overcoming difficulties) Main issue seems to be “uninformed” parents wielding democratic power (criticism of direct democracy / Brexit etc) How much unionisation of teachers is there in the US? To fight back again parental tyranny “parents want control over their children's education but don't want to educate themselves to do it in the best possible way” totally correct – covering up their own flaws with egoic legal threat, what about Trump as a role model? This is his modus operandi
Everybody tuck your pants into your socks because we're trucking out to the butthole of middle America to be killed by plastic spiders. This week, we talk on Ride or Die - S1E08 - Bugs and how much we hate it! Episode Ratings: Waldorph: 1/5 Pru: 1/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Waldorph: Descendants of the Sun (https://www.viki.com/tv/23205c-descendants-of-the-sun?locale=en) Pru: Queen In-Hyun's Man (https://www.viki.com/tv/7823c-queen-in-hyuns-man?locale=en)
Get ready to stuff your pockets full of airplane bottles of liquor, because this week we're all packing our bags for maybe the worst flight of our lives, some real highs and lows regarding the physical attractiveness of Jensen Ackles and a brief detour into the pleasures of math and cute butts. As always, please show your support by visiting our Patreon, or express your hatred and anger at us by throwing money at us via our Patreon, which is the sort of internet abuse which hurts the most. Episode Links: Jensen Ackles Ass Equation: scribd.com/document/202070686/Jensen-Ackles-Ass-Equation-2-0 Ratings: Pru: 3/5 Waldorph: 3/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Pru: Haikyuu!! Waldorph: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Visit us at www.rideordiepod.com
This week Sam and Dean hang out at a lake, people bathe IN COMPLETE DARKNESS and someone needs to take Avid high contrast filters away from the show team before they hurt us anymore. Don't forget to show your support by visiting our Patreon, or express your hatred and anger at us by throwing money at us via our Patreon, which is the sort of internet abuse which hurts the most. Ratings: Pru: 3/5 Waldorph: 2/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Register to vote! Support your local media! Visit us at www.rideordiepod.com
Sam and Dean follow their father's breadcrumb trail to Blackwater Ridge, and Pru and Waldorph discuss the many and varied ways in which they hate nature but in extremely specific and different ways. Don't forget to show your support by visiting our Patreon, or express your hatred and anger at us by throwing money at us via our Patreon, which is the sort of internet abuse which hurts the most. Ratings: Pru: 2/5 Waldorph: 3/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Watch Due South (YouTube) Watch The X-Files, S1E03, "Squeeze" (Amazon) Visit us at www.rideordiepod.com
In our pilot episode on the pilot episode, Waldorph and Pru explore the promise of the premise of the series, practice willful ignorance about the future, and ruin the name "Mary." Driver's choosing the music, so strap in, throw a few bucks at our Patreon and shut your cakehole -- we're about to hit the road. Ratings: Pru: 3.5/5 Waldorph: 4/5 Things to Do Instead of Watching Supernatural: Watch Leverage (Netflix) Watch Nirvana in Fire (Dramafever, Viki)
If you've ever thought to yourself, "God, I wish two nerds would go through the Supernatural canon episode by episode in podcast format," Waldorph and Pru are here to make your terrible dreams come true. Join us starting June 2018 for a death march through the CW's Supernatural, because for better or worse, it turns out we're ride or die about this show.
This week, we talk about the sad news of Leonard Nimoy's passing, the crazy news of Mentalist's series finale, and the leopard print banana milkshake news of the greatest new show on television, Empire. We'll also check in with Waldorph on the recent Theory of Fanfiction kerfuffle, and go through some reader questions and a correction from last week's episode, so stick around! You should follow us on Twitter.
Is your life lacking in hysterical sobbing and 24-hour binge watching of television in a language you don't understand? Have you always craved an excuse to watch a genre of television that will destroy you so completely that watching someone robotically hug another person from behind is enough to break you into shattering tears? Do you need plotlines that include time traveling aliens and wealthy sons of industry who stand around bleakly with their hands in their pockets all the time? Do you like watching people get hella drunk in tents and then throw up around children's playgrounds? Then Korean dramas are a thing that you need in your life, and for the first time since S1 of /report, Pru and Waldorph are here to deliver.Don't forget to follow us on Twitter for even more inanity during the week.
Sharpen your angel blades and make sure you've located the most torturously painful spot on your body for us to give you the Mark of Cain, because Pru and Waldorph spent a long weekend destroying lobster and watching season nine of Supernatural like fucking champions. We talk the agonizing ambivalence we felt for the majority of the season, the crushing horror of realizing just as we thought we were getting out, they reel us back in. We speculate on what we want out of the next season, the likelihood any of it will happen (lol) and whether or not everybody will die again. Some more. Profound spoilers, like certain bonds, for all of Supernatural season nine. You should follow us on Twitter.
Bust out your rock salt and homosocial incest, /reporters, your long, international peacetime is about to be interrupted by our long-threatened Supernatural episode. This week, Pru grabs Waldorph and Twentysomething (against their will) to talk about brothers, angels, ridiculous plots, excruciating if completely expected deaths, and whether or not we recommend you start watching the series again. Heads up, this episode contains spoilers through 8x21 of the series. So strap into the Impala and let's get this shitshow on the road.You can also follow us on twitter for even more inanity during the week.